Julius "Julie" Rosenberg, 94, Fairfield: $43.6 million

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Rosenberg, who attended but did not graduate from New York University, founded a wholesale wine and spirits business in 1941. Hartley & Parker remains a family business based in Connecticut. He was honored by Time magazine, in conjunction with the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of America, for his "outstanding business performance as a wholesaler and as a valued citizen through service to his community." Rosenberg and his wife, Lil, co-founded the Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County. He was president of the Lil & Julie Rosenberg Foundation, which supports various medical and educational institutions in the U.S. and Israel.

Rosenberg, who attended but did not graduate from New York University, founded a wholesale wine and spirits business in 1941. Hartley & Parker remains a family business based in Connecticut. He was honored by Time magazine, in conjunction with the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of America, for his "outstanding business performance as a wholesaler and as a valued citizen through service to his community." Rosenberg and his wife, Lil, co-founded the Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County. He was president of the Lil & Julie Rosenberg Foundation, which supports various medical and educational institutions in the U.S. and Israel. (Courant File Photo)

Rosenberg, who attended but did not graduate from New York University, founded a wholesale wine and spirits business in 1941. Hartley & Parker remains a family business based in Connecticut. He was honored by Time magazine, in conjunction with the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of America, for his "outstanding business performance as a wholesaler and as a valued citizen through service to his community." Rosenberg and his wife, Lil, co-founded the Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County. He was president of the Lil & Julie Rosenberg Foundation, which supports various medical and educational institutions in the U.S. and Israel.